Newspaper Terms

Headlines-a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.


Subheadlines-a short phrase used as a title for a small part within a longer piece of writing

Lines-the betting line which quite often appears in the daily newspapers

Boxes-Complementairny formation accompany in a story, usually framed by line

Teaser-A short item, a headline, or photo with caption referring to or promoting a news article or feature on inside pages.


Flag- A newspaper's logo or nameplate.

Folios- The page number, newspaper name, and the date on a newspaper 

Captions- A title or explanatory phrase accompanying a picture

Bylines-A line identifying the author of a story

Jumps -What an article does when it continues, unfinished, from one page to another.
Story dividers

Screens-

A pattern of tiny dots used to create gray areas; to screen a photo is to turn it into a halftone.

Infographics-

Newsroom slang for "informational graphic"; any map, chart or diagram used to analyze an event, object or place

Masthead/staff boxThe information printed in every issue o f a newspaper  journal , stating the title, ownership management subscription and other non-news feature

Other high school newspapers

1.What is your favorite newspaper front page? Why? 

My favorite would have to be Le Journal. I really enjoy the illustration and the colors they used.
2.Which paper immediately grabbed your interest? Why?

The November master caught my eye mostly because there is a bunch of puppies on it.
3.What is your favorite headline from that newspaper? Why are you interested in it? 

Wanted: Loving home for pound puppies because I love dogs and think its great that high school students are concerned about finding them homes.
4.How many stories are on the front page of your favorite? 
No stories are on the front page.
 5.What do you notice that all newspaper front pages have in common? Look at design, size of photos, size of story text, etc.
Like the other magazines, they usually have  picture and some text/stories/headlines.
6.What are things that vary (or are different) on the front pages of different newspapers? 
Some have real pictures and others just have illustrations. The amount of text varies too.
8.Were these similar to what you saw last class when you looked at daily newspapers from around the world?
Yes, most of them looked like real newspapers you could get at a newspaper stand.

Front Pages of the World

1.What is your favorite newspaper front page? Why?
My favorite was 

The Bakersfield Californian 

because it had the picture covering a lot of the page and I like that format.
2.What is your favorite headline from that newspaper? Why are you interested in it? 

Special Recreation was the main headline and I found it interesting because it makes me want to read more about the story.3.How many stories are on the front page of your favorite? 

No full stories on the cover of mine.4.What do you notice that all newspaper front pages have in common? Look at design, size of photos, size of story text, etc.

Most of them have a slightly large photo and a lot of text.5.What are things that vary (or are different) on the front pages of different newspapers? Look at design, size of photos, size of headlines, etc. 

They each have the same basics (a picture or two with one or several stories) but they vary in the design. 

Portraits & Self Portraits preview

Magazine Cover

CE 5.4

1. Why did the US Supreme Court decide to strike down a proposed law about campaign contributions? Page A1
It has to do with the first amendment and not giving politicians too much power to endorse themselves and make opponents look bad.  
2.  What was the name of the dog that saved its owner in a fire? Page B2
Chloe
3. What happened to Toy Joy, an Austin-based iconic toy store? Page B7
After it being closed for a month due to financial problems, it was bought.
4. What happened yesterday at Fort Hood? Page A1
There was a shooting with 3 soldiers killed, 16 harmed, and the gunman killed himself.
5. What does wage-stealing mean specifically? Page A9
Places of work cheating their employees out of money.
A. Why do you think that these random acts of violence keep occurring at US Military bases here in the United States, like the one that happened at Fort Hood yesterday? Remember this is the second time in just a short number of years that this has happened at that base.
I don't really understand why people do bad things like this. I would guess they do things like this at military places to make some sort of statement. Its terrible that such bad things happen at places where people are working to protect this country. And then to be cowardly enough to shoot yourself instead of paying for your crime is horrific.

Magazines Part II

   Early magazine covers didn't look anything like ours today. The covers used to be used as a table of contents with a bunch of words. They used to make the covers of magazines look like book covers with words and maybe a small picture. The covers of magazines then started to look like posters. A lot of amazing artists emerged at that time because of their drawings being put on covers. Later, while still keeping the poster-like style, magazines started to put real people. The poster-like magazines can still be found today, just not as often. Cover lines began to be a big thing in that time also. Magazines relied on the lines to draw in peoples eyes. Companies that created magazines started to have a specific logo that identified their magazines. Magazines then started to question where to put the cover lines and experimenting with them. In the 60's, text on the page became bolder and brighter. The text also seemed to box in the person or model on the cover. Magazine were, and still are, putting so much text on the cover that it almost completely covers the picture. The pictures on the cover began to look like a background for the text.